Quilting-frame for sewing-machines.



W. B. CLICK.

QUILTING FRAME FOR SEWING MACHINES. APPLIQATION TILED 11:13.22, 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Inventor Attorneys an STATES EQ N F WASHINGTON B. CLICK, OF ELIDA, NEW MEXICO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM H. REESE, .OF BYERS, TEXAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed March 22, 1913 Serial No. 756,261.

To all whom it may concern r I Be it known that I, WASHINGTON B. CLICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elida, in the county of Roosevelt and State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Wachines, of which the following is a specification. v

The device forming the subject matter of this application, is an attachment adapted to be used in connection with a sewing machine, during the operation of quilting.

One object of the present invention is to provide novel means for holding the over head support against movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for uniting, the quilting. frame operatively with the over head suport.

p It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to increase the utility of, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description'prq ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described 1 and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invene 1 tion herein disclosed can be made within the 1 scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a fragmental perspective showing the means whereframe; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the connecting bolts.

usual, transverse rollers 2. The frame further includes a top bar 3 and bolts 4: extend through the top bar and through the end bars 1. Nuts 5 are applied to the bolts 4 and bear against the upper and lower faces of the end bars 1. Other nuts 6 are mounted on the bolts 4 and bear, respectively, against the upper and lower faces of the top bar 3, the top bar being located approximately midway between the front and the back of the quilting frame. A support 7 is provided, preferably taking the form of a I beam, the support 7 being equipped at its ends with upstanding arms 8 to which support engaging elements, preferably wires 9 are attached, the wires 9 being extended upwardly into connection with an overhead support of any sort. The elevation of the support 7 may be adjusted by lengthening or shortening the wires 9.

" Inserted to one side face of the support 7, at a pointmidway between the ends of the support is a screw eye 10 or like device, to whlch are connected the lower ends of up Wardly extended diverging braces 11 which may be wires, the braces 11 being secured to the ceiling or any other fixedstructuref The braces 11 serve to prevent the support 7 from moving endwise. A carriage is provided, the same comprising a beam 12 equipped at its ends with depending standards 14' in which are journaled wheels 15 adapted to traverse the upper edgeof the support 7 A hanger, preferably taking the form of a metal bar 16 is secured at its upper end to an intermediate portion of the beam 12, through the medium ofa bolt 17 or other element adapted to a like end. At its lower end, the hanger 16 is equipped with a for Wardly projecting, rectangularlydisposed foot 18. Mounted to rotate in the foot 18 but not threaded thereinto is a bolt 19, and applied to the bolt 19 is a nut 20 which bears against the upper face of the foot 18. At its lower end, the bolt 19 is equipped with a transverse head 21, in the upper edge of which there are spaced grooves 22. A wing nut 2 1 is applied to the bolt 19 above the head 21. The invention further includes a U-shaped bracket 25 which is disposed transversely of the top bar 3 of the quilting frame. The bracket 25 is aone piece struc- The quilting frame proper comprises end bars 1 in which are removably j ournaled, as quilting ture and comprises an upper loop 26 and a lower loop 27, the side portions of the loops merging into each other at the bend 28 of the bracket. The side portions of the upper loop 26 of the bracket 25 rest in the grooves 22 of the transverse head 21 of the bolt 19 and are held therein by the wing nut 24. The side portions of the lower loop 27 are engaged beneath the head 29 of a bolt 33, the bolt 33 passing downwardly through the top bar 3. Interposed between the lower loop 27 of the bracket 25 and the upper edge of the top bar 3 .is a wear plate 30 and another wear plate 31 bears against the lower edge of the top bar, the bolt 33 passing downwardly through the last specified wear plate. A wing nut 32 is threaded on the lower edge of the bolt 33 which bears against the lower wear plate 31.

In practice, the elevation of the quilting frame with respect to the sewing machine may be adjusted by rotating the nut 20 on the bolt 19. By loosening the wing nut 24;, the upper loop 26 of the bracket 25 may be shifted, thereby varying the position of the center of gravity of the quilting frame with respect to the bolt 19. In Figs. 1 and 2 the bracket 25 stands at right angles to the bar 3 and the bolt 33 is behind the bolt 19 and out of vertical alinement with the bolt 19. The bolt 33 however is in a common plane with the bolt 19, which plane is at right angles to the bar 3. By loosening the nut 32 the bar 3 may be turned so that it defines an acute angle with its original position. The nut 32 may then be tightened and the bar 3 and the bracket 25 together with the bolt 19 may be turned until the bar 3 is in a plane parallel to the support 7 In this manner the bolt 33 will be moved to the right or to the left in a circumference the center of which is the bolt 19, until the bolt 33 no longer lies in a plane at right angles to the bar 3 and passing through the bolt 19. Thus the center of mass of the bar 3 will be shifted with respect to the bolt 19 and the bar will stand at an angle to the horizontal. However, as hereinbefore stated, the center of gravity is maintained in a common plane with the bolt 19 by loosening the wing nut 24 and by adjusting the brace 25 between the wing nut 24 and the transverse head 21 of the bolt.

It will be understood readily that the quilting frame will have the necessary pivotal movement with respect to the hanger 16, by reason of the fact that the bolt 19 is loosely engaged in the foot 18,

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a quilting frame comprising a top bar; an arched bracket comprising upper and lower arms both of which extend in a common direction and project across the top bar at an angle thereto; clamping means uniting the lower arm of the bracket with the top bar,

to permit the bracket to be rotated upon the top bar; clamping means slidably mounted upon the upper arm of the bracket for adjustment in a substantially horizontal plane transversely of the top bar; and a hanger with which the last clamping means is pivotally connected.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame including a top bar; a one piece U- shaped bracket extended transversely of the top bar and comprising upper and lower loops, the loops merging into each other at the bend of the bracket; clamping means connecting the lower loop with the top bar; a bolt having a head slidable along the upper loop; a nut on the bolt, cooperating with the head to engage the upper loop; a hanger with which the bolt is connected; a carriage assembled with the hanger; and a track along which the carriage is adapted to move.

3. In a device of the class described, a track; a carriage adapted to move along the track; a hanger attached to the carriage and provided with an angular foot; a. bolt extending through the foot; a nut on the bolt, engaging the foot, the bolt being provided with a transverse head; a second nut on the bolt, cooperating with the head; a one piece, U shaped bracket comprising upper and lower loops, the upper loop being clamped between the head and the last specified nut; a frame including a top bar across which the lower loop extends; and means for adjustably connecting the lower loop with the top bar.

l. In a device of the class described, a track; a carriage adapted to move along the track; a hanger depending from the carriage; a suspension element journaled in the hanger; means upon the suspension element and engaging the hanger for adjusting the suspension element vertically; a curved bracket having one of its arms adjustably clamped to the suspension element; and a frame including a top bar adjustably connected with the other arm of the bracket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WASHINGTON B. CLICK.

Witnesses P. L. BLAKE, J. J. WATSON.

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